How to Become a Pediatric Dentist

Video Transcript

"I'm Dr. Donald Gossett. I'm an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. I have training in dentistry and specialty training in maxillofacial surgery. Today we are going to speak about some fairly general aspects of general dentistry, specialty dentistry, and hopefully be able to educate you a little better on some of those topics. Today we are going to talk about how to become a pediatric dentist. Pediatric dentistry is the specialty of dentistry that involves the treatment of children. It is a very challenging type of specialty in dentistry and requires a 24 month period of time past becoming a general dentist. General dentistry requires a college degree, an entrance into a dental school, a four year dental school curriculum and then once you have finished and become licensed as a DDS or a DMD then you can make application to a specialty school as a pediatric dental resident and then after that 24 months you can be certified as a specialist in pediatric dentistry. They do have an extension of about one year if you want your Master's degree in pediatric dentistry. Their primary interest is treating children usually under the age of 16 to 17. This is Dr. Donald Gossett. I hope you enjoyed the information to the point to where you may pursue dentistry or you may pursue the benefits of some of the treatment alternatives."